Simon Johnson, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, speaks about the vexing issue of too big to fail at the Atlanta Fed’s 2011 Financial Markets Conference. According to Johnson, actions taken during the financial crisis have made the problem even worse. […]

“The US used to be the least at risk of default, but CDS prices here have ticked up 20% so far in 2011. US default risk is still low relative to the rest of the world, but any tick higher is something we don’t want to see,” said Bespoke in this very topical report on sovereign default risk. […]

David Einhorn, hedge fund manager of Greenlight Capital, was on top form at the Ira Sohn Conference when he played a clip from Airplane II to illustrate his apprehension over the nation’s monetary policy. […]

This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on American anger at gas prices, Middle East fears on wheat prices and the Chinese love for gold that has double in a year. In the second half of the show, Max talks to investment adviser, Ned Naylor-Leyland of Cheviot Asset Management in London, about thousand ounce silver bars and the precious metals market. […]